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SECTION TWELVE OMAHA' NEBRASKA MAY 10 1964 i 3 Gopher Aid hers Arent as Big or 0 11 Harvey 2:58 16757 for ss ri I A Islanders lirt With Record as Track Scene Shifts for irst Paie 4 t' es the of WZ i 3 2 1 3 0 David Green Boosts Tech TrackStock 1 3 I 3 Duda Weber 4b 4 IS II 179 5 18 3 7 41 23 Gibson Hurls Third Victory 0 for 21 yards to put the ball on the two Pete Tatman novice full back from North Platte dived over the left side for the score Bill kick gave the second and third teamers a 7 to 0 advantage with only 4:32 elapsed The Reds representing the available member of the first and fourth lineups pulled even in the first minute of the second quarter when Wei man charged through his right side from the four and Bill Johnson converted The Reds' had been the ball on the White 15 on a fumble recovery by Carel Stith burly Lincoln sopho more tackle whose defensive play sparkled consistently However the Whites again took the upper hand midway in that quarter when Woods and Coleman went into their aerial act Duncan Drum stocky junior center from re away for the final touchdown of the evening Bob Weiman followed with a two i plunge i The 78 yard strike found Quarterback Henry Woods of the Whites dropping the ball in the hands of Langston Cole man rookie end from Wash ington who raced the final 33 1 Woods is the tall young ster from Midland Tex who teamed with End Preston Love for a long range bomb in the Colorado game last season The Whites jumped out front after the opening kick off with sophomore Quarter back Bob Churchich driving his underdogs 63 yards in 11 plays In a fourth and sixth pre dicament Churchich whipped a perfect running pass to Halfback Harry Wilson a sophomore from Steubenville 13 23 4 W) 13 By Wally Provost Sports Editor of The World Herald Seacrest ield Lincoln Coach Bob Devaney declared Satur day night after his youthful White squad had upset the Reds 24 to 15 in the Univer sity of final spring football action Witnessed by a crowd timated at 75 hundred game produced far more fense than defense The passion ab bi i 0 0 0 0110 0 4 0 2 2 4 12 1 4 13 2 4 0 10 4 0 2 0 3 10 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 It 7 9 10 12 i i7i i ER BB SO 6 9 1 1 3 0 3 12 3 3 1 of the Ace of Spades marathon series at a mile and three sixteenths Manor Hill ridden by Lew is Peck paid $2280 $1 160 and $740 The daily double boomed to $31960 for those picking Nos 1 and 3 Pages Image from the Ash land Neb bam of Mill er just nipped Buena Vista in the mile and 70 yards open er for Nebraska reds and paid $2360 Cherao outlasted Woodtick and Blue Domingo in the six furlong second for a $29 return Marion Van Berg the Columbus Neb veteran who usually leads owners here in purse winnings got his first victor of the new season in the third race where Chucka Rullah bested Mr Classic in the last jump at a $1360 win price A Texas colt ov a shocker in the two year old scamper at 4 furlongs My Charge went into the sprint with a record of one win three seconds in five starts Don' Lewis got Kel flier to the front shortly after the flag fall and took the colt the wire 6l2 lengths in front of Countess Jet Near the track record in :52 2Z5My Charge off at $1140 $700 and $500 Old Cassopolis ever an Ak favorite because of his gallant stretch runs have it Saturday and finished well out of the money the well beaten favorite A of racing stock will descend on Ak Sar Ben early this week from Park And along with the horses will come at least a half dozen jockeys to augment the local riding colony Nos 1 Two winners apiece started from post positions No 1 No 2 and No 5 on program Post position stand ings: Position Winners ootball Golf Baseball Outdoor News Markets New York ab bl Kanehl cf 5 0 1 0 Hunt 20 Harkness lb Thomas If Altman rf 4 0 1 0 bonder McMillan ss Samuel 3b aKranepool Moran 3b 3b Cisco Wakefie Bauta Elliot Locke Si Tntalc out for Samuel in 6th tor Cisco in 6th Walked The passion for aerial excitement was served to the hilt as the rival Huskers turned in scoring plays of 87 and 78 yards both records for the off season attraction The former was an all Hastings spectacular with sophomore Quarterback Wayne Weber hurling to sophomore End Tom Smith in the third period Smith fielded the ball on his 45 then made an angling get Notebook Original und $300 Invested Saturday $20 Net minus $20 Balance two days $260 'f A 'v vx World Herald Photo by Lawrence Robinson tn loari pntprina ctrpfch in fourth race Hark Hark (at left of Joyce) starts winning move hut Mr (on rail) finishes third as Joyce holds on for second intrasquad game a year ago of polish due to inexperience showed prom ise 1 All around perform ance of Harry Wil son freshman back from Steu benville was great Varsity would have shown to better advantage if the injured men had been available Caliber of punting sur prised him the fine snapback work of the centers was a surprise Top Record Carl Selmer directed the field play of the winning Whites Jim Ross was at the pressbox phone The victory kept Mel coaching chart clear of defeat His freshman teams lost a game and he hasn't been on the losing end of a spring skirmish Travels End Preston Love wa? the busiest athlete The former Omaha Tech star ran the hurdles during the Neb rask a Missouri track meet at Columbia then was flown by char tered plane to Lincoln the night scrimmage Awards During the intermission Quarterback Dennis la ridge received the Tom No vak Most Valuable Senior Award Charlie Jones received the Walter Dobbins Me morial Award as the out standing senior basket ball player World Herald Photo Story at right1 Green astest soph Bob ans Seven Mets in 5 to Game New (York (AP) Ken Boyer and Dick Groat drove in two runs each as the St Louis Cardinals whipped the New York Mets 5 to 1 Satur day Boyer hit his fourth home run in the fourth inning and capped a four run seventh i a run scoring single Groat singled home two runs in the inning Bob Gibson winning his third game in three decisions scattered eight hits struck out seven and walked two He lost his shut out when Jesse Gonder homered in the eighth Bill wildness led to the big sev enth The young Met reliever walked Johnny Lewis Gibson and pinch hitter Doug Clemens filling the bases with one out Ed Bauta replaced Wake field and a greeted by single to center which scored Lewis and Gibson St Louis 1 Gagliano 2b 3 0 10 cuemens djavier 2b Groat ss White lb Boyer 3b James If lood cf Lewis rf Mctarver Gibson Scarlet Youngsters Sizzle by Upsetting Vets 24 to 15 Attempts fet Ysrds I Sports Section Herald Photo by Ed Rath Bob Churchich (15) fades back on pass play Wait Barnes (77) finds a leak in White line smears quarterback for loss showed up in our game And believe me there were many Larsen ex plained Encouraged Coach Devaney watched the game from the coaches booth in pressbox row After the game he said The closeness of the score 25 to 14 and the vic tory of the White team heavily loaded with fresh men he said was pleasing indicates the gap between the veterans and the new men is being closed Some of these young play ers will pass the experienced hands before Devaney liked the end play year we should be improved at the he said Then he praised letter men Chuck Doepke Tony Jeter Bill Haug and fresh man Mike Grace He liked the defensive work of End John Koinzan Liberal Devaney was unusually liberal with praise He cited the defensive work of Tackle Gary Brich acek and Guard La Verne Allers Of reshman Bob Church ich who quarterbacked the winning Whites Bob said ran the team He indicated Churchich and Weber have moved close to veteran red Duda Analysis Bob also noted: ullback Joe McNulty ran exceptionally well hitting was good ab bl I 3 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 5 (1 1 i 3 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00 2 00 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 1 8 1 Totals 1 a iled for Gagliano io 7lh Ran for Clemens in 7th Struck out for Moran in 8th Grounded out for Bauta in 8th St Louis 600 100 400 5 New York 000 000 Groat Gibson PO St Louis 27 9 New York 27 16 McMillan Hunt and Harkness Thomas and Hunt St Louis 6 New York 12 White 2 Boyer Boyer uonaer IP Gibson 3 0 Cisco 0 2 Wakefield Bauta 4 1 6 I Janik 3 Weiman 3 White Rushing Carries Yard: Churchich Carstens WiLson Tatman Tucker Vujevich Wachholtj McNulty Woods Brik Kirby Wrignt mont kicked that extra point i and contributed three more with a 14 yard field goal nine i seuuiius uciuic nuuiiiiissiuii Position for the field goal was secured by a 61 yard pass from veteran Doug Tucker to sophomore Halfback Pat Kir by from David City Kirby hustled 32 yards to the nine after making the catch Tough play by Red Ends Tony Jeter an4 reeman White stymied the White after they had mus tered a good drive in tile Uulu lUU However fine punting by Churchich kept the Reds off balance and the next time the Whites got possession they drove yards for a touch down The big play was a 66 yard gallop by Joe McNulty senior from Wymore McNulty was knocked down i on the two from behind by sophomore Len Janik a half? back candidate from Chicago On the next play he across and Drum again con verted I After Weber and Smith col laborated on their screamer play became reckless and ragged Perhaps the most cheering aspect of the exhibition was the fine ground work by new backs such as Wilson Tat man and Bill Brown Keeping in mind that run ners such as Kent McClough an Bob Hohn and Ron Kirk land missed the game it seems Nebraska has little or no worry at halfback and full back 1 All the quarterbacks had good moments but junior red Duda was the only consistent ly ballhandler The result of the scrap for the No 2 job early next fall will have final 1 bearing on the suc cess The line continues to offer the biggest question mark Reds I 7 8 11 Whites 7 10 1 Bill Jennings referee: Boh Reynolds head linesman Cliff Squires umpire Bob Hunter field judge: Cecil Walker back judge Team Statistics Reds Whites irst downs 14 Rushing yardage 14 Passing yardage 181 Passes 6 22 Intercepted by I Punts average 7 34 umbles lost I Penalty yards 23 Individual Statistics Red Rushing Carries Yards Duda Johnson 4 Paschall Smith Weber Poggetneyer Vactor Prep Boys Town Aces ail to Qualify How They Scored Benscn 54 Westside 22 Tech 48 North 14 Bellevue Creighton Prep 11 Boys Town 43 South 4H How They Qualified Benson 13 Westside 4 Bellevue 11 North 3 lech II) Creighton Prep 2 Boys Town II) South 4 1 By Conde Sargent David better every week track progress began to take Gold Medal shape after the Tech High speedster scored :098 and :219 sprint victories Saturday in the Class A dis trict meet at Bellevue No Class A sprinters have been faster efforts also tagged the 175 pounder as fastest high school sophomore The :099 and :224 by Roger Sayers now at Omaha in 1958 were considered previous bests by a soph Benson which gained 13 qualifiers for next state championships at Kear ney won the team title by 6y2 points over Tech The Bunnie stars were Randy Reeves sophomore vaulter who lifted the State Class A district mark to 12 10 and Dan Bacon whose :147 high hurdles is the best by a Class A athlete this spring Reeves also topped last all class state district record but was beaten to the record books by a 13 0 by Rick Bush of Ogallala riday in a Class district 1 Tech which use Mike Green brother because of a bruised knee got a lift from Narva Brye Brye eat Paul Critchlo'w in a :505 quarter mile and ran :22 for second to Green in the 220 The 440 loss was the first for Critchlow whose 502 clocking earlier is the finest Sam Buda Creighton shot put favorite and Boys Bryon McCane 1963 Class A broad jump cham pion did not qualify Buda scratched three times and registered just 47 6 on his final toss The blue ribbon went to Boys Mei Hamilton on a 53 11 toss worth a meet record McCane scratched by just inches on a jump that sur passed 23 feet but get in a good one past 21 feet The all state halfback whose jumping has been hampered by a troublesome1 knee sur prised on the track with a :099 second place in the 100 however Buda also retaliated by win ning the discus Boys Dennis Tunks set another meet by high jumping 6 1 his fifth straight effort above 6 0 The high winds hampered distance running Boys Mack Bailey copped the half in 2:043 an'd Jim Ellis of Westside the inile in 4:379 Qualifiers: Track Events Narva Brye Tech: 2 Paul Critcfi iow Benson: 3 Dave McGuire Boys Town1 4 Phil errari Bellevue :505 129 1 Dan Bacon Benson: 2 Bill Pickavance Bellevue 3 John New some North 4 Terry Wardrobe Ben snn i 1 McCane Boys Town 3 Bob Bruno Ben nn 4 Mriai hriipviip Mack Bailey Boys Town: 2 Kim Erickson Benson 3 Colin Cornett Bellevue 4 Lynn Miller Westside 2:043 180 1 Bill Pickavance Bellevue 2 Dan Bacon Benson 3 George Hicks Tech: 4 Bob Holmes Benson 203 David Green Tech: 2 Narva Brye Tech: 3 Paul Critchlow Benson: 4 Byron McCane Boys Town :219 1 Jim Ellis Westside: 2 Tim Hendricks South: 3 rank Rodriquez Boys Town 4 Chet Ogbom Bellevue 4:379 Two mile 1 Westside (Lee Cum mins Don Albon Bill Jepsen Jim Jones): 2 North 8:277 88 1 Tech (Dave Green Lear thur Robinson George Hicks Narva Brye): 2 Bellevue 1:32 Mile 1 Boys Town (Byron Mc Cane Ron White David McGuire Mack Bailey) 1 Benson 3:298 ield Events High 1 Dennis Tunks Boys Town 6 1 4 (betters meet record of 64 by rank Jones Central 1959): 2 Kevin Bloomgren North 3 Bill Ihcka vance Bellevue (M4 4 Buddy McCrea Tech 5 16 1 Ron Hamilton Boys Town 53 11 (betters meet record of 53 4 by Don Kotrc Benson 1966): 2 Larry Ar gerslnger Benson 51 114: 3 Ambrose Carroll Tech 50 2: 4 John Olson Ben son 50m Broad 1 Buddy McCrea Tech 21 10: 2 Tom Benson 21 7: 3 Mike Sadai Bellevue 21 2: 4 Eddie Walker Tech 28 11 1 Randy Reeves Benson 12 10 (betters state Class A district record rf 12 8 by Gary Ehler Scottsbluff 1958 and meet record of 12 7 by Steve Wey ant Benson 1803): 2 Bruce Harding Bellevue 4: 3 Arnold Johnston Boys Town 114: 4 Ken ield Westside U4 Discas 1 Sam Buda Creighton Prep 1484: 2 Doo Harnish Bellevue 148 2: 3 John Simodymes CrdgWon Preo 134 3 4 George BncHer Boys Town 3 1 0 Locke 1 6 0 0 0 0 By Gibson (McMillan Hunt) PB 2 Venzon Weyer Conlan Try Nebraska Bullheads for Real ishing un Page 3 Ur showdown 1 ime Nears for Big i rackmen rage By Gregg McBride World Herald Sports Staff Member Seacrest ield Lincoln Dick Larsen Minnesota as sistant coach returned north Saturday with a pock et crammed with notes on the spring foot ball game The Gopher aid is ex pected to tell his boss that the current Huskers are not as potent as the Nebraska team which' whipped Min nesota last fall i i certainly have the size of a year ago The poise also is missing" Larsen com mented between halves Mumm The Gopher assistant re fused to predict an MU victory when Nebraska re turns to Minnesota on Sep tember 26 apparently is making little use of his veterans Larsen commented is a wise move as he undoubtedly wants to see what the young players can Larsen predicted the Husker frosh will improve Quarterback Wayne Weber of Hastings caught his eye kid will be heard he predicted Minnesota also is having its troubles Larsen indi cated Injuries The Gophers have been hit by injuries Minnesota in contrast to the Nebraska finale stages its spring game in the middle of the practice pe riod gives us around eight or nine sessions to correct the errojrs which perhaps better than jn the Sunday Red Passing Attempts Inf Yd 1 7 2 0" 4 14 I 138 White Passing Churchich Tucker Woods Hale Jerry Get Up Wins by 8 Lengths Miss Jr Runs 2d in Princess Handicap Barbaron Clicks Too orm chart other news 1Page 6 i By Howard Wolff Just a year ago this month Jerry Get Up was a mighty sick two year old at Ak Sar Ben The coughing sickness which dsabled so much stock here early last year laid the pride and joy of A Dow mighty low Jerry Get Up came to Ak Sar Ben on the heels of' two impressive victories at Grand onner Park but the best he could do here through May and early June was a pair of thirds He was fully recovered by Ak Sar Ben turity time and won one divi sion of the race Well Jerry Get Up was back at Ak Sar Ben Saturday hale and hearty His owner A Dow of Belvidere Neb was the hap piest of the 17771 who sat in on the 10 thousand dollar Ak Sar Ben Princess Handi cap The Nebraska bred got home first by eight lengths Boyd Morris sent the colt to the front halfway home and it was no contest after that Miss Jr wound up second and Chimney Creek third as the top weighted Tax Dodger failed to muster a rally under his 122 pound impost and fin ished ninth In taking his second win of the year (No 1 came at on ner) Jerry Get Up did the 5 i furlongs in 1:0435 paying $11 and $420 a a the Cinderella horse of 1963 from Ashby Neb came through in his first start at Ak Sar Ben in the sec ondary feature the five thou sand dollar Comhusker allow ance at a mile and 70 yards Owner Art Abbott had some anxious seconds as Barbaron and Rodeo Hand cut off for the wire head and head through most of the stretch But in the last jump Jockey Jack ieselman got the Ne braska gelding to the wire by a head at $560 $280 and $260 Rodeo Hand paid $280 and $240 Deep athom returned $320 or the last race wagerers whb helped boost the betting total to $855118 an Omaha owner produced the winner It was Manor Hill from the stable of rank out lasting Live Volcano in the :147 David Green Tech: 2 Byron HIKC oaudj DCUCVUt 1 Macs Haney noys lawn 1 hh lino IBs 41 I iatk fa I 4 agaE llhiLf Jr 1 1 V99r wlnW' 1 Jf li'L 1 4 A.